December 17, 2012

By

J SWYGART

Taxes, jobs and health care are expected to be among the predominate topics during the upcoming session of the Indiana General Assembly.
A constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, however, may take a back seat this time around.
Those were the views expressed by State Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne, during a town hall-type meeting held Saturday morning at Adams Central High School. Only a handful of area residents attended the event.

December 17, 2012

By

JANNAYA ANDREWS

Adams Central Elementary School is set to try co-teaching with its second grade class taught by Carrie Aschliman beginning with the second semester of the 2012-13 school year.
Elementary school Principal Terri Laurent told the Adams Central Board of Education Tuesday that after trying for the past few years to adopt a five-year-old girl, Aschliman received a last-minute phone call that everything was finally in order and ready to go.

December 17, 2012

Prison sentences were handed down amid a busy Friday before Judge Frederick A. Schurger.
Adams County Prosecutor Chris Harvey said Matthew C. Bodle, 30, Decatur, pleaded guilty to attempted rape and will be sentenced on Thursday of this week.
Meanwhile, Birdine Cole Sr., 47, Bluffton, pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced to two years in prison.